Food | News & Politics The Wild Story of Two Online Poker Stars Who Traded the High-Roller Life for the Unglamorous World of Restaurants Brothers Di and Hac Dang know what it’s like to lose a million dollars in a day. Now they just have to get through a pandemic. 2 months ago
News & Politics A 29-Year-Old’s Strange, Unforgettable Trip Into a Covid Coma and Back Law-school student Francis Wilson went right up to the brink of death and survived. Now if only he could forget what happened while his body went to war with the virus. COVID-19, Virginia Hospital Center, George Washington University Hospital, Francis Wilson | 2 months ago
News & Politics Inside the Mind of the MAGA Bomber, the Trump Superfan Who Tried to Wreak Havoc on the Last National Election Cesar Sayoc turned his loyalty toward Donald Trump into a literal assault on the President’s Democratic enemies in 2018. His story is a cautionary tale about right-wing fanaticism. 2016 Election, Donald J. Trump, MAGA, Cesar Sayoc | 3 months ago
Food | News & Politics Meet the Millennial Investors Funding DC’s Dining Future They've got money, opinions, and the best table in the house. DC Restaurants, Himitsu, Pineapple and Pearls, Fiola Mare | 3 months ago
News & Politics The Heroic Story of How Jose Andres’ Charity Feeds 250,000 People a Day in a Pandemic World Central Kitchen, the relief group founded by the DC chef, has become a wunderkind of humanitarian work and a darling of the disrupter power set. And it happened almost by accident. Donald Trump, Jose Andres, Jeff Bezos, Nancy Pelosi | 3 months ago
News & Politics Cheating Spouses, Secret Addictions and Identities—Marriages Are Buckling Under Covid Quarantine “Some people are using their car like they did in high school.” COVID-19, Dating, Bethesda, Marriage | 4 months ago
News & Politics 3 Captivating Longreads for a Corona-Free Weekend A mother whose 13-year-old son joined the alt-right, a blind father raising blind triplets, and a remembrance of DC's first power restaurant. Longreads | 6 months ago
News & Politics Scenes from Quarantine: 35 People Tell Us What it’s Like to Tell Jokes, Lose Someone, Go on a Date, Feed 400,000 (and More) During Covid-19 "She looked at me and said, Thank you so much for bringing me back. I said, Thank you for coming back. We don’t really have other words for this." Coronavirus 2020, Features | 6 months ago
News & Politics The Naval Academy’s War With a Professor Who Sends Shirtless Pics, Offends Women and Minorities—and Somehow Came Out on Top From ivory-tower faculty lounges to the Pentagon, Bruce Fleming is known for being a chauvinistic, egoistic loudmouth. Also, one hardened warrior. Annapolis, Navy, US Navy, US Naval Academy | 7 months ago
News & Politics Thousands of DC Twentysomethings Live in Group Houses. What Happens When a Housemate Gets Diagnosed With the Virus? When it happened to me, I realized I had no idea who my roommates were. Coronavirus 2020, Coronavirus, First Person, Group House | 7 months ago